Tomorrow night, it’s time to fight again.

Wednesday night from 7:00-9:00 PM. PowerPlay Videogames. Street Fighter 4. You know the drill. See you there.

Thanks for coming to Fight Night!

Many thanks to everyone that attended last night’s Wednesday Night Fights! It was good to see some returning faces and many new ones. We even had a couple of the srk guys come down and demonstrate some advanced stuff.

If we can keep attendance up, the scene can only grow. Hopefully we’ll be able to start an official league soon and start having some tourneys. The more regulars we have, the quicker we can progress to doing this.

Thanks also to PowerPlay Videogames for allowing us to host Fight Night at their store. Check them out at their website here.

Again, we’ll be doing this every Wednesday Night, so if you missed the first two, there’s always next week. Hope to see you there!

Fight Night is Tonight!

Hey guys, don’t forget, SF4 Fight Night is tonight at PowerPlay Videogames at 7:00 PM.

PowerPlay is located at 841 N. Germantown Pkwy in Cordova, next to Outdoors, Inc. If you need directions, you can call them at 901-552-4271. Or check their site at 

http://www.powerplayvideogames.com/contact_us.html

You can also email me if you have any questions at sf4memphis@gmail.com. Or leave a comment on this site, and I’ll do my best to reply. In any case, I hope we’ll have a decent turnout tonight, and have some good matches. See you guys later.

Cody interview!

A new developer interview discussing Cody is now up at Eventhubs. It’s a nice little read, with some juicy tidbits about how he can also use a wrench and a pipe for attacks, in addition to the knife. A cool shoutout  to the original Final Fight, for sure. Also he now has my vote for Coolest Move Name Ever; “Zonk Knuckle”.

You should head over there and check it out.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2009/dec/07/super-street-fighter-4-devs-discuss-cody/

Stay Tuned, Fight Nights are Coming.

And now for a bit of local flavor. And by local I mean Memphis, TN.

So I’m driving to work around the Thanksgiving holiday and I notice this new videogame store called PowerPlay had just opened up right next to Outdoor’s Inc on Germantown Pkwy. I go, “Cool”, and make a mental note to check them out, just to see if they have anything that makes them tick. I call up, inquire about a game, and the lady I spoke to was very nice, super helpful. She also mentioned that they had an “arcade” in the back, which really piques my interest. I make it a point to stop by the next day and see the place. An idea had begun to form in my mind. 

I stop by the next day and speak to Ms. Jennifer, who was the person I had spoken to earlier. Again, she was super nice and told me all about the place; it’s a mom and pop operation, they have consoles hooked up to flatscreens in the back, a separate area called their “arcade”, they plan to have Halo/Madden tourneys, they host parties, and all sorts of cool sounding stuff. So I’m like, wow, this is a cool place, let’s see what they think of my idea.

So I pitch it: One night a week, structured open freeplay sessions with Street Fighter 4. She likes the idea, but she tells me it’s best to speak to Chris, who is in charge of the tournaments. I thank her, and tell her I’ll be back later. That night, I stop by again and speak to Chris. I lay out the idea again. I explain that I basically want to do this in order to grow a scene around SF4. I’ve run Halo leagues and tournaments before, and I clarify that initially, these “Fight Nights” are just casual matches, not a tournament, with an eye towards just getting more people playing and interested in the game and its sequel, Super Street Fighter 4. Chris and I go back and forth over several salient points, but in summary: He likes the idea, and gives me the go-ahead to get it started. Needless to say, I’m very excited, I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time.

Now, I just need to muster up some support for this, and start getting the word out. I’m hoping that we can get a good group of regulars coming to these matches, and hey, I think we’re looking at a possible tournament for SSF4 after its release! I’m getting pretty hyped, but I’m trying to keep my expectations modest. I’ll have more info as details finalize. Stay tuned.